‘The city of gems’ holds its fame for producing the world’s best rubies and sapphires. History says the king Solomon also procured a great ruby from Serendib (Sri Lanka’s old name). Also Marko Polo has wrote about the gems of Ratnapura and it is believed that Sinbad’s visit to the mountains of Serendib, refers to Ratnapura in Sri Lanka.
Things Included
- All airport transfers.
- Rental motorcycle
- Gasoline for the whole tour.
- Professional English speaking tour guide.
- Help with obtaining temporary Sri Lankan driving licenses.
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All expenses of our guide
Itinerary
- You will ride to Ratnapura through the roads with beautiful scenes of paddy fields, rubber plantations and tea estates. Along the road side you will see miners working under makeshift wooden structures mining gems.
- In the city you will visit the gem Museum where you will get the chance to see a variety of precious stones such as rubies, sapphires, cat’s eyes, alexandrites, aquamarines, tourmalines, spinels, topaz, garnets, amethyst, zircons etc. You could also visit one of the gem mines.
- Then you will visit Bopath Ella, a waterfall of 30 meters height which has the shape of the leaf of Bo Tree.
- You final activity will be in Kitulgala having a beer in and adjacent hotel by the Kelani River and cold swim in the river.
- At the end you will return to Negombo with remarkable memories before the sunset.
